Are You Losing Followers on Twitter? Ouch!

Always here to help you Social Media newbies avoid costly learning boobs…Why?  I've made most of them of course! This is a great blog post by Al Ferretti of ….http://twitterwatchdog.com. He is from my town..Minneapolis/St. Paul and is a real pro at Twitter!

Today, I'm celebrating Independence Day by doing what I want to do…no deadlines, no busyness, no "have to's "or "should do's!" I am enjoying a wonderful day of"puttering" online and off. As a Canuck I was wondering what to do on July 4th -other than enjoy the fireworks and special times with friends and family! Oh is that what we do? Gotta love it! We do that July 1st in Canada!

Online I have been playing and connecting with new people and really catching  up! I love connecting with people, especially famous authors

and thought leaders. This is one of the best parts of social media for me…connecting with experts in a conversational way…best news is.. they have been responding back! One of the people I jut heard from is Barbar Sher…I am pumped! I hope she will be one of my first guests on the new radio/vlog show! OOPS …almost let the cat out of the bag..more on that later!

Barbara Sher is the  perfect person to discuss the changing face of work and careers in our second half of life…

More on that later….need to get back to my favorite form of meditation….puttering!

Enjoy the summer weekend!

"Do you wonder why you are losing followers on Twitter?

You might be making mistakes and not even know it.
Here are some of the reasons why your followers on Twitter would leave you:

Automatic Direct Messages: These things are very annoying, and there is nothing personal about them. For example, "Thanks for following me! Be sure to check out my website!" is considered a spam. What's worse is when people resend the same message a few days later to tell you the same thing, like one is not enough.

Blasting Tweets: Are you one of those people who send out ten or more posts at once that cover up the entire wall? You need to give others a chance to speak up. When you spam like that, all people see is a wall of your smiley face picture. If you ever wonder why you lose a bunch of followers on Twitter all at once, this could be the biggest reason.

Over Promoting: Do you only post about your website? People will think you are a robot if all you do is talk about your website and tell people to check it out. Try to connect with others by interacting on Twitter. If somebody posts something interesting, then you can talk about it, and share it with your followers.

Proper Follow Up: When people ask you questions through a "@reply" or direct messages, make sure you respond to them. You may have posted something interesting that caught their attention. Connect with these people and they may recommend you to their followers later.

Keep It Clean: Many people use twitter at work. Profanity is not something they can afford to have flashing on their computer. Most people will immediately unfollow these types of users.

Just remember, tweet others the way you want to be tweeted."